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    and "Saving Private Ryan" Desai Abdul-Razzaaq HIST 1302 – American History II Mr. Daniel Bush Central Texas College January 4‚ 2010 The films "Saving Private Ryan" and "Apocalypse Now" were both critically acclaimed films depicting the dramas of war. They both had very realistic qualities and great cinematic values. The films had two great Hollywood directors in‚ Steven Spielberg directing "Saving Private

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    Saving Private Ryan-Essay ‘Saving Private Ryan’ was released on September 11th 1998. The movie was directed by Steven Spielberg‚ who is a successful director of many movies. The main actors in the movie were Tom Hanks playing Captain Miller and Matt Damon as Private Ryan. The central theme of the film is the moral dilemmas faced by soldiers in any war and the courage and strength drawn from their friendships. Five times Academy Oscar Award winner‚ including Best director in 1999‚ ‘Saving Private

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    have moved into showing the truth about war and not the glorified and exciting action adventures of past decades. Saving Private Ryan (1998)‚ directed by Steven Spielberg has possibly made the most impact out of any war film. Gary Rydstrom created the sound for the film and won an Academy Award for best sound and best sound editing. The sound that was created and used in Saving Private Ryan created authenticity by using realistic sound‚ narrative and dialogue. Sound in particular has been influenced

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    In the film “Saving Private Ryan” there are a lot of times where there military virtues. There are serval different military virtues like courage‚ duty‚ honor‚ respect‚ and integrity. I’ll also be talking about the novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque. I chose this theme because I feel like this is something that is overlooked with a soldier. Courage is something that is brought up a lot in the film “Saving Private Ryan”. Courage to me is an action that you do not for

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    Saving Private Ryan” Analyse the methods use to make the opening battle sequence of “Saving Private Ryan” both shocking and realistic and say how effective you find it as an introduction to the film “Saving Private Ryan” is a war film directed by the well-known Jewish director Steven Spielberg and was released on September 11th 1998. It was a joint production with Paramount and DreamWorks pictures. The film won in total 5 Academy Awards (Oscars) including best director in 1999. This is most likely

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    The Star Wars series And Saving Private Ryan are both exceptional films in sound design History. Both have received outstanding achievements and have an effect on the viewer. In my essay I will compare and contrast the sound design between the two films and how the sound design effects the viewer. Ben Burtt is the sound designer for the Star Wars series he has won an Academy Award for best sound effects editing of Star Wars in 1977 and was nominated for another Academy Award for best sound effects

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    disease that affects the lives of countless people daily. Each case is different and yet significantly important regarding ultimately finding the most effective treatment and cures for the survivors of these life changing ordeals. The movie Saving Private Ryan depicts this PTSD and its causes in a very graphically detailing way. Through this explicit portrayal‚ the audience was given a glimpse of what goes on in the minds of survivors‚ as well as why some people experience PTSD with such severity

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    Saving Private Ryan” is a movie inspired by D-day. The story is about three brothers and two of them died in WWII. One brother is still alive‚ he is expected to be excused from the war because all his brothers are dead. Tom Hanks arrives at the D-Day invasion and sees soldiers killed all around him. Tom Hanks was told to go look for this last remaining soldier Ryan. Looking at this film‚ D-day and the film “Saving Private Ryan” has many similarities like the war

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    Philosophy Saving Private Ryan 1. What is the moral rationale behind risking eight lives to save one? How does this relate to Kantian and Utilitarian ethic? The moral rationale behind risking the eight lives to save one is that it is the soldier’s duty to do as they are told and to save the last remaining son of a family. Kant feels that the eight soldiers are treating Private Ryan as a means to and for their mission so they can get back and fight the war. By treating Private Ryan

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    “Our Duty as Soldiers” The movie Saving Private Ryan ranks seventy-one on the American Film Institute’s (AFI) list of the one hundred best movies of all time. In 1998‚ the American Film Institute selected the one hundred best American movies of all time and updated the list in 2010. Saving Private Ryan‚ directed by Stephen Spielberg‚ written by Robert Rodat‚ and produced by Ian Bryce‚ Mark Gordon‚ Gary Levinsohn‚ and Stephen Spielberg‚ features actors Tom Hanks‚ Matt Damon‚ and Tom Sizemore

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